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TO WI- IOM IT MAYCOCERN;

Be it known that LEWIS G. H,0FFMN of the city and countyl of Albany, and Statc'of New York, have 44invented a new and useful Improvement iin I ce-Creepcrs; and I do hereby declare thatV the following is a full V and 'exact description of the same, reference being had'to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters marked thereon, forming aypart of my specification. Y

My improvement consists in prepa-ringen ice-creeper with a`detchah1e spur, which may' be easily removed on coming intothe house, to avoid injuring oil-cloths, carpets, 85e., and also to avoid denting or marking the floor.

My-parlor' -iee-creeper -consists substantially of a plate, toV be permanently`- attached to the hoot or shoe of a. detachable spur, and ofthe uleans by whi'chsaid spur-,may be attached to or detached from said permanent plate. p t

In the drawings- 'Figurel represents the heelpof the h oot or shoe, with the plate A permanently attached.A

V Figure@ represents a section of the heel of the hoot or shoe, and of the plate A, showing the manner of attaching the plate to the boot or shoe. It also represents a section ofthe detachable spur B, and'one mode of attaching the same to the plate AQ l i v i j j Figure 3 shows the plate A- 'and the detaehablespur B in position, of whichfiig. 2- shows a vertical section.

`Figure 4 shows -the plateA without the spur B, representing the slot c c and the circular opening a, making together the opening c a @for thev purpose of receiving the spur, ort-he wings thereof, through the plate A, to be fastenedthereto by turnngthe spur, as indicated by the dotted lines in g. 4.l v

Figure 5 represents a vertical 4sectionofthe plate A and spur B, to illustrate another mode of attaching the spur to the plate `hy means of thekeyf, as shown in Figure. i

By'this 'latter method the plate A, as represented .in g. 1', admits the spur through-'an opening'the'rein, te pass :ti-shank, d, as 'seen Yinfg. 5, tothe bottom of thel heel ofthe hoot or shoe, and makes the spur fast to the plate A, by means ot` passing akey, as seen in'iig. 6, through en opening or hole in the shalnk of the spur, as shown in lig. 5,j`.

Having thus fully described my invention, will new proceed to set forth the extent'andnature of my claim.

i I-do not claim anyv particular mode of zit'taehingthe ice-spurV to theplate A, or telt-he heel of the boo-t or shoe; but l What I'do c laim as my invention, and 'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is A detachable spur forl an iceereepenin combination with the plate A, or-it-s equivalent,.substantially in the nia-nner and for the purpose above described. Y

i LEWIS G. HOFFMAN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM WAIT, .JOHN GoULD. 

